'Der Spiegel': NSA can access most smartphone data

Sep. 8, 2013
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by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

BERLIN (AP) - The German news weekly Der Spiegel reported Sun that the National Security Agency can access users' data on all major smartphones.

The magazine cites internal documents from the NSA and its British counterpart GCHQ in which the agencies describe setting up dedicated teams to crack protective measures on iPhones, BlackBerry and Android devices.